Unknown Artists Don't Display without Album Info.....THIS IS RIDICULOUS!

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!
If a song does not have an album title, under the artist menu, you don't see these songs!!!
With my 4th gen iPod I got a submenu under artists that said "All" along with any albums associated with that artist....with my new 5th gen iPod Video I can only see Albums under the artists menu....if all the album info is removed then I can see all songs....this is SO stupid!
I know others have said that this is the way it is...
but do the developers have any idea about this? This is simply put a STUPID BUG!
Is there a forum or mailing list to send bug reports????

What I did was to give all songs an album name:
Sort the library by album in itunes by clicking on the column header.
Select all the songs with no album name - select the first song, hold down shift, select the last song.
Hit ctrl-i to get the info box.
Enter album name of "None" and click ok.
Now everyone shows up.

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